The Primal Hunter 8: A LitRPG Adventure by Zogarth

Author:Zogarth [Zogarth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aethon Books
Published: 2024-01-17T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 40

Angry Shark, Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo

When fighting a larger foe, one had to always make use of that against them. The shark’s size made it far stronger in direct clashes, but Jake’s smaller size offered him more mobility to maneuver around the shark.

Not that the shark was slow. It did not only use its body but its magic to move in unpredictable ways. Jake had to constantly adapt, as the entire body of the beast was its weapon. Teeth-like scales protruded from its skin, all angled to cut him simply by brushing against the body of the beast. This meant that Jake had to constantly back away and make sure only his weapons touched his opponent. To make matters worse, the Razorstream part of the shark’s name was not a joke. The currents of water around the shark cut him as though they were filled with tiny razorblades, putting a constant strain on his Scales of the Malefic Viper.

The passive barrier from Arcane Awakening also helped—a skill he had been forced to use right off the bat to just put up a fight. Fully activated, too. His body was flushed with power, every attack dealt a little more arcane damage, and the passive shield took off a bit of the power from the razor-like water.

Jake clashed with the beast several times, slowly being forced to retreat, with sim-Jake always at the back of his mind. As if Jake had two minds, they both analyzed their opponent on the fly and adapted their strategy. Fangs of the Malefic Viper made sure every stab included a good dose of poison, and his Hunting Momentum was slowly building up, but the Razorstream made him constantly take damage, and he was hit all the time, as the moment-by-moment fight had him on the back-backfoot.

Fighting in water was just a lot harder, and even if he could use his wings to maneuver better than a human normally would, it was still far worse than what a creature naturally operating underwater could do. All of his attacks were weakened, too, as he always had to fight against the water to do anything. Even so, Jake did not feel any true mortal danger, because he always had one thing he could do to end the fight right there and then: retreat.

Jake could easily get away at any point unless the shark wanted to chase him above water, in which case Jake would happily fight it up there. He was convinced the shark could fight above water if it so desired, and he could make the battle far easier by simply flying up a few kilometers, but he wanted this fight. Sim-Jake wanted this fight.

Jake was forced back by a powerful torrent of cutting water, his scales and arcane barrier both clattering from the thousands of small cuts. His armor was slowly getting torn to shreds, but in return, he managed to land a hit here and there.

Cuts from Jake’s katars quickly proved ineffective; the natural armor offered by the teeth-like skin was highly resistant, meaning only stabbing would work.

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